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Philip Fulmer rips Lane Kiffin: 'Glad he's gone'

Posted on: September 18, 2010 6:10 pm
Edited on: September 18, 2010 9:26 pm
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Posted by Adam Jacobi

Philip Fulmer, the longtime Tennessee Volunteers coach who was ousted after a 5-7 season in 2008, appeared on CBS' College Football Today earlier today, and the subject of Lane Kiffin and his tenure at Tennessee came up. As you might expect, Fulmer had an opinion or two about Kiffin:

(On Lane Kiffin Leaving Tennessee after one year)

FULMER: Tennessee is a very proud program as we all know with great traditions and the people of Tennessee felt betrayed to be honest with you. They were embarrassed, felt jilted with all the cost of the change there was. Kiffin, he left Tennessee with basically his hat in his hand and a bunch of NCAA compliance questions. Many in our community are glad that he is gone. He never really embraced the traditions, the values of the program or the community for that matter. And often his arrogant attitude turned people off. The bigger question in my opinion is how does a guy like this end up with two jobs with historic football teams like Tennessee and USC…

(On college football being hurt by hiring of so called gun-slingers and rock-star coaches and really moving away from guys like Fulmer, Joe Paterno, Bobby Bowden and the like)

FULMER: You know we probably have been our own worst enemies in some cases because of the money. It’s become an entertainment industry if you will. I do think that we are missing some of the values that are out there, that the experience and the maturity older coaches can bring. But it’s changed and we have to change with the times.

Fulmer, of course, has a point; while the notion that "there's no such thing as bad publicity" has some merit to it, the point of college football isn't to win media cycles or stay in the headlines, it's to win football games, and there's little evidence to suggest that Kiffin has ever possessed the skill set to organize a winning program.

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Category: NCAAF
Tags: Lane Kiffin, Philip Fulmer, Tennessee
 
Comments

Since: Nov 28, 2006
Posted on: September 18, 2010 8:53 pm
 

Philip Fulmer rips Lane Kiffin: 'Glad he's gone'

"OH really, there is little evidence to suggest that Kiffin has ever possessed the skill set to organize a winning program huh. Well let me give you some USC 3_0 and ranked 18th. Does that help you out a little?"

Yeah. The key word there is "little".

Since: Oct 27, 2006
Posted on: September 18, 2010 8:51 pm
 

Philip Fulmer rips Lane Kiffin: 'Glad he's gone'

Right, because Nick Saban doesn't carry himself like an arrogant jerk either, right? Good lord, get the hell over it!!!!

Nick Saban has 2 rings and did it with 2 different schools.  Bad comparison.  The point is coaches like Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, Bob Stoops etc. can be arrogant if they want because they've earned it. 

Since: Nov 28, 2006
Posted on: September 18, 2010 8:42 pm
 

Philip Fulmer rips Lane Kiffin: 'Glad he's gone'

"Right, because Nick Saban doesn't carry himself like an arrogant jerk either, right? Good lord, get the hell over it!!!!"

First of all, I don't see Nick Saban as arrogant. He may a perfectionist, a control freak, or strong-willed (or "liar" if you're a Dolphins fan), but his personality doesn't exactly have an air of entitlement to it like Lane's does.

Second of all, if Saban is arrogant, who is anyone to say that he hasn't earned it? Even if you only look at what he's done at Bama? Don't feel bad though. I highly doubt Lane Kiffin will outlast the probation at USC.

Since: Aug 28, 2006
Posted on: September 18, 2010 8:42 pm
 

Philip Fulmer rips Lane Kiffin: 'Glad he's gone'

trust me, I've seen Nick Saban throughout his career, even before he came to LSU and "won football games."

The guy was always a turd. Still is ... always will be. But he is successful now ... and oh, by the way after LYING to everyone and saying he wasn't taking the Alabama job and then TAKING it.




Since: Apr 30, 2008
Posted on: September 18, 2010 8:41 pm
 

Philip Fulmer rips Lane Kiffin: 'Glad he's gone'

OH really, there is little evidence to suggest that Kiffin has ever possessed the skill set to organize a winning program huh. Well let me give you some USC 3_0 and ranked 18th. Does that help you out a little?



Since: Nov 10, 2007
Posted on: September 18, 2010 8:36 pm
 

Philip Fulmer rips Lane Kiffin: 'Glad he's gone'

Hey rogueveda!  The key difference between Kiffin and Saban is WIN PERCENTAGE.  Kiffin is an arrogant @$$ and goes looking for a camera to get something started.  The problem is that he can't back up anything on the field.  He's been with 3 teams and still has a career losing record.  He has to be the coach with the most time in the spot light that he didn't deserve.  Now Saban can be arrogant, but he doesn't go hunting for the camera, the cameras come looking for him.  Why, you may ask?  Because Saban knows how to win games, Kiffin does NOT!  Kiffin looks for the camera because that is the peak of his performance and plays to his skills... the man only knows how to run his mouth and certainly does NOT know how to win football games

Since: Aug 28, 2006
Posted on: September 18, 2010 7:40 pm
 

Philip Fulmer rips Lane Kiffin: 'Glad he's gone'

Right, because Nick Saban doesn't carry himself like an arrogant jerk either, right? Good lord, get the hell over it!!!!

Since: Aug 15, 2007
Posted on: September 18, 2010 7:11 pm
 

Philip Fulmer rips Lane Kiffin: 'Glad he's gone'

took the words out ofmy mouth. The best part though you left out. Fulmer said something along the lines of the question should be with his ability to coach or lack there of how did he get the two jobs. The right man for the job is there though. We will compete for the East next year. Florida is young as well though and  will be very good for atleast 3 more years. Hicks is a man among boys out there.  He should have to work with our grounds crew for a couple of days from tearing up the backfield all day. Poole has a very quick first 2 steps. In fact I believe he has top 5 in the country fastest 2 or 3 step to the hole. But hands down we run up against the fastest in Demps. Just so explosive it's crazy. 

Since: Aug 17, 2010
Posted on: September 18, 2010 7:11 pm
 

Philip Fulmer rips Lane Kiffin: 'Glad he's gone'

I agree wholeheartedly with Philip Fulmer. IMO, Kiffin will never amount to much at all. He is an arrogant overrated pr#ck, who's had everything handed to him on a silver platter. Why, I have no idea. All I know is he has earned NOTHING! I'm not even a Tennessee fan but I understand how betrayed they must feel. Tennessee football has deep tradition, culture and values. UT deserves a coach that understands and appreciates that.  

Since: Jun 8, 2008
Posted on: September 18, 2010 7:07 pm
 

Philip Fulmer rips Lane Kiffin: 'Glad he's gone'

 You can tell just by the way he condcuts himself in public that he is an arrogant snot nosed POS.  He knows enough about football and has enough contacts to get him by. he gets a pass with Oakland, and people will give him a pass with Tenn. because he went to his dream job at USC ..... but after he sends USC down the shitt er, his "skills" wont be wanted anywhere else.

 Good thing for him though is USC practically recruits itself.
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